Justin Tarrants, M.A.

Justin Tarrants, M.A. is Corporate Strategy and Technology Advisor at Life Exchange Inc. (LFXG).
 
Justin is a technology and globalization consultant who advises NGOs, private corporations, and government agencies on various business processes and financing. Currently he is involved in several consulting engagements with alternative energy, micro-finance, trade, and technology projects in South America.
 
Justin was formerly a Trade Commissioner with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. As a Trade Commissioner, he provided business development services to technology, aerospace, and defense companies through the development of strategic partnerships, alliances, and advocacy efforts in the Florida and Latin America region. In addition to business development, his role also involved assisting companies with international compliance and dealing directly foreign government agencies in the region.
 
During the tech boom of the late nineties, he worked as a business intelligence analyst for a California-based technology research firm where he reviewed new technologies in the digital media, internet, and wireless sectors. He is considered an expert in new technologies and considers himself to be a “futurist” in this regard; closely following trends in quantum computing, nanotechnology, biotechnology, alternative energies, and analyzing how these new technologies will affect future global market economies.
 
Justin earned his BA in Global Studies/Economics with a minor in Computer Information Systems from California State in 1997 and his Masters in International Trade and Commercial Diplomacy from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in 1999. He is married to his wife Imyra of nearly 10 years and now resides in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
 
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